I recall renting these old-timey-looking inner tubes and floating around the river. I was worried that fish would touch me but they didn't. The riverbank had lots of stones that heated up really quickly in the sun, so it felt like walking on coals at times.

Maui (13 years old)

My sisters were way too young to appreciate Hawaii, so we mostly stayed at our fancy hotel and swam in the pool. Except I was on my period the whole trip and didn't. All I wanted to do was to climb a volcano, but no... Fiona got in trouble for petting a sea turtle. We ate at restaurants a TON--so much so that my mom began to get super frustrated. It wasn't very fun.

When an older man in the OCC student lounge said my feet were swollen and tried to give me a foot rub.

Any experience where a guy has asked me if I have a boyfriend randomly in the middle of a conversation. I feel like it's happened at least three times while at OCC.

Once I was working on a dance piece/short film and this guy I was paired with (who was like 21-22) told me about his daughter and then asked me that. Uhh...

Being given a really stupid note in 8th grade saying that the guy wanted to "play board games in bed" with me.

When a security/parking guard, who hours earlier had seen me run into someone's brand-new Mercedes-Benz and cry about it, asked me for my number as I was trying to leave the structure around 11 pm and I wa...

Good playwriting is a collaboration between your many selves. The more multiple your personalities, the further, wider, deeper you might be able to go.

Theatre is closer to poetry and music than it is to the novel.

There's no time limit in writing plays. Think of playwriting as a life-long apprenticeship. Imagine you may have the best ideas on your deathbed.

You write because you want to show something. For instance, you write "to show that the world is shit." "To show how fleeting love and happiness are." "To show the inner workings of your ego." "To show that democracy is in danger." "To show how interconnected we are." Each "to show" is active and must be personal, deeply held, and true to you.

Did everything on this list, too. Booyah. My fro-yo was delicious; however it was spoiled by the worst TA ever giving me a B on my paper I worked hours and hours on. He shall face my wrath for ruining my fro-yo.